Title :
Seeded femtosecond supercontinuum in Kr gas
Author :
Ensley, Trenton R. ; Fishman, Dmitry A. ; Webster, Scott ; Padilha, Lazaro A. ; Hagan, David J. ; Van Stryland, Eric W.
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Opt. & Photonics: CREOL & FPCE, Univ. of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, USA
Abstract :
We observe spectral enhancement of femtosecond supercontinua in krypton gas using weak, nJ to μJ, seed pulses with the order of ~mJ pump pulses resulting in >; 3× total energy enhancement and spectral broadening.
Keywords :
high-speed optical techniques; krypton; optical pumping; spectral line broadening; supercontinuum generation; total energy; Kr; krypton gas; pump pulses; seeded femtosecond supercontinuum generation; spectral broadening; spectral enhancement; total energy enhancement; Nonlinear optics; Optical amplifiers; Optical filters; Optical pulses; Optical pumping; Stimulated emission; Ultrafast optics;
Conference_Titel :
Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO), 2011 Conference on
Conference_Location :
Baltimore, MD
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4577-1223-4
